Dr. Shang, who has a PhD in philanthropy did an experiment where she uncovered that there are gender specific words that increase donations by as much as 10%. Read this blog to find out what the 9 words for women and the 3 words for men are.
Read MoreYou can’t track what you don’t measure and despite what you might believe, email marking is not dead. Email still beats social media every day of the week. So many nonprofit organizations come to me saying, “Why even bother?” These are also the ones who usually don’t have strong results because their email consistency is poor.
One of the mistakes I see nonprofits make is that when it comes time to ask for money, they try to ask, inspire, AND educate - all at the same time. It’s too much! Unfortunately, when that happens - it feels like a water hose of information - so much to take in and none of it gets caught. Here are five ways you can educate your donors in the lead up to making an ask for your nonprofit.
Read MoreThe Wave Method is my process for how to always keep your donor audience warm versus letting them “slide back down” and having to start all the way over again each time you get ready to ask them for money. Read on 👉 to learn how to put it into practice at your nonprofit.
Just getting started? Navigating the social sector can be tough, and in this blog, I will share three helpful things you can do to help create your unique roadmap for launching your social impact idea or program.
Read MoreNonprofit tech tools - we all know they can help us save time and money, but they can also be super overwhelming. I asked my Rolodex pros what are their favorite tech tools for nonprofits to use is this is what they came up with
Read MoreThe Inside Out Method is a process for looking within your current community or set of supporters to go find new community members or donors. You start from the inside, the core, first - and work your way out. For most organizations, that is likely the board of directors followed by volunteers, major gift donors and/or advisors.
Read MoreHave you ever heard the saying, “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today,”? That saying is relationship building in a nutshell. A hard truth in fundraising is that very rarely does it go fast. In fact, I can count on one hand the amount of times a donation fell from the sky. The other 99.9%? They came out of meaningful relationships. But how do you start those relationships? Especially when you don’t have an introduction…
Read MoreSo much of what I see in fundraising is what I call walking backwards. You are walking - busy and using up energy, but you basically are always in the same spot not really ever moving forward. Why? It’s because your foundation is cracked.
Read MoreIn my last blog post, I asked the question: How do you know if you need new donors? I put you through a series of questions and calculations to help you figure it out. Spoiler alert - you may NOT need new donors. But let’s say you found yourself saying, “Actually I do need new donors.” Cool, by how many? Specifically…
Cool - but how many?
Read MoreThe problem I see with 99% of nonprofits who come to me for help is that they are 99% more concerned with finding new donors than keeping the ones they already had. So, I thought - let’s answer the question: how do you know if you need new donors?
Read MoreI’m not sure at what point grown ups lose their sense of fun, but I promise you that when you and your nonprofit find ways to surprise and delight your donors - they will love it.
Read MoreAhhhh…you made it! End-of-year giving season is behind you and if you are like a lot of my clients and students - you are swimming in the glory of a well run campaign. Congratulations! And with a well run end-of-year campaign can also come what nonprofits know works, but is often the easiest thing to let slide. What is it? Thanking your donors! Check out these 5 cool resources you might not know about yet.
